from PyQt4.QtCore import Qt, QObject, pyqtProperty
from PyQt4.QtGui import QFrame
from PyQt4.QtGui import QPainter, QStyle, QStyleOption

class Separator(QFrame):
    """
    \brief Acts as a horizontal or vertical divider in a layout.
    This class is functionally identical to the Horizontal Line and Vertical
    Line objects provided in QtDesigner.
    
    This class was originally implemented to subdivide a long form layout into
    sections.
    """
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        """
        \brief Constructor.
        \param args tuple: [finish me]
        \param kwargs dict: Property keyword arguments
        """
        if len(args) == 2:
            assert(isinstance(args[0], Qt.Orientation))
            assert(isinstance(args[1], QObject))
            orient = args[0]
            parent = args[1]
        elif len(args) == 1:
            assert(isinstance(args[1], QObject))
            parent = args[1]
            orient = kwargs.pop('orientation', Qt.Horizontal)
        else:
            parent = kwargs.pop('parent', None)
            orient = kwargs.pop('orientation', Qt.Horizontal)
        super().__init__(parent, **kwargs)
        
        self.__orient = None
        self.orientation = orient
        
    def paintEvent(self, ev):
        """
        Reimplemented from parent class.
        \protected
        """
        p = QPainter(self)
        opt = QStyleOption()
        opt.initFrom(self)
        self.style().drawPrimitive(QStyle.PE_IndicatorToolBarSeparator, 
                                   opt, p, self)
        
    def getOrientation(self):
        """
        \brief Returns the orientation property.
        \returns \var Qt.Orientation
        \getter orientation
        """
        return self.__orient
        
    def setOrientation(self, orient):
        """
        \brief Sets the orientation property.
        \param orient Qt.Orientation
        \setter orientation
        """
        assert(isinstance(orient, Qt.Orientation))
        if orient == self.__orient:
            return
        self.__orient = orient
        
        extant = self.style().pixelMetric(QStyle.PM_ToolBarSeparatorExtent)
        if orient == Qt.Horizontal:
            self.setFixedSize(16777215, extant)
        else:
            self.setFixedSize(extant, 16777215)
    ##\name Properties
    ##\{
       
    orientation = pyqtProperty(Qt.Orientation, 
                               fset=setOrientation, 
                               fget=getOrientation)
    ##\}
